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COSCO says aims to turn Piraeus port into one of Europe’s largest container hubs

August 11, 2016August 11, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Chinese giant COSCO, which on Wednesday completed officially the acquisition of a majority stake in Piraeus Port, said it aims

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Bulgaria 

Putin relents on South Stream as Erdogan offers Turkish Stream promises

August 10, 2016August 12, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Russia, South Stream, Turkey

Russian president Vladimir Putin appeared to soften his position on the prospect of reviving the South Stream gas pipeline project

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Europe 

More than 5000 homes damaged in floods in Macedonia

August 10, 2016August 10, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Initial assessments by the Macedonian government commission for crisis management are that this past weekend’s floods substantially damaged 5000 homes

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Despite exports drop, Bulgaria records shrinking trade gap in H1 2016

August 9, 2016August 11, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s foreign trade gap in the first half of this year stood at 2.14 billion leva, or 1.1 billion euro, shrinking from

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Europe 

Bulgarian leaders send condolences to counterparts in Skopje over fatal floods

August 8, 2016August 11, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Macedonia, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria’s President and its Prime Minister have sent condolences to their counterparts in Skopje after the catastrophic weather this past

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Bulgaria 

Brother-in-law of Charlie Hebdo attacker to appear in court in Bulgaria on August 9

August 7, 2016August 8, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

Mourad Hamyd, brother-in-law of Charlie Hebdo attacker Cherif Kouachi, is to face a Bulgarian court on August 9 in connection

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Bulgaria 

Joint Bulgarian-Greek traffic control teams in border regions

August 5, 2016August 5, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Joint teams of Bulgarian and Greek police are to control traffic in the regions of the border between the two

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Business 

Bulgarian consumer confidence decreased in July 2016 – poll

August 5, 2016August 6, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s consumer confidence indicator was 0.6 percentage points lower in July 2016 than in April, the National Statistical Institute (NSI)

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria-Greece gas interconnector construction faces delay – report

August 4, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

The start of construction on the gas interconnector between Bulgaria and Greece could be delayed by at least six months,

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